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   Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Monday, 10-Mar-2025 05:48:49 JST Evan Prodromou

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   • Cory Doctorow
   • benbrown
   • SynAck aka Little Sunshine :facepalm:

   @SynAck @benbrown I have heard @pluralistic speak twice at SXSW 2025 and I can heartily endorse the experience. I understand that having so many companies here can make Fediverse House sound very commercial, but I think you can find the people and conversations you want to have. Especially during Cory's talk!

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     SynAck aka Little Sunshine :facepalm: (synack@corteximplant.com)'s status on Monday, 10-Mar-2025 05:49:00 JST SynAck aka Little Sunshine :facepalm:

     • benbrown

     @benbrown I really considered coming down for these talks, but once I saw that Threads was going to be there and also got a look at the topics of most of the talks, I figured it would just serve to make me angry and defensive as I have fundamental disagreements with both Threads and Bluesky. Seemed very much leaning towards "how can we monetize federated social media" in far too many of those talks for my taste, at least where the abstracts were concerned.

     That, coupled with my "old man disdain" for the general public and SXSW traffic and no easy way to get down there that won't cost me an arm and a leg and a whole host of other whiny and probably unfounded excuses, meant that I opted to stay up North here and save myself several levels of aggravation. :holdthepain:

     I am sorry to miss Cory Doctorow's talk, though. Maybe I'll be able to deflate enough of my personal excuses to get down there tomorrow for that.

     I will, however, be interested to hear your overall take on the discussions and what you thought about them after All Da Fun Is Dun. :bec_wink: